Conquest of Mandalgarh
| Conquest of Mandalgarh | |||||||||
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| Part of Mewar-Malwa Conflict | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Malwa Sultanate | Mewar Kingdom | ||||||||
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| Mahmud Khalji | Uparamal † | ||||||||
Location within Rajasthan Conquest of Mandalgarh (India) Conquest of Mandalgarh (South Asia) | |||||||||
The conquest of Mandalgarh was a military expedition led by Sultan Mahmud Khalji of Malwa against Mewar, in what is now India. The primary objective of this campaign was to capture the Mandalgarh fort, which was under the command of Uparamal, a subordinate of Rana Kumbha. Khalji marched towards Mewar in the year 1457 to achieve this goal, personally surveyed the hillocks surrounding the fort, and selected the western hillock as his base of operations. Mandalgarh]] fort, located in the city of Mandalgarh, is situated in the Bhilwara District of Rajasthan, India.
Khalji was able to capture the fort after a few days of siege, when Kumbha was busy fighting the Sultan of Gujarat and could not reinforce the fort. However, Kumbha recaptured the fort within a few days.